Q. What are some good alternatives to Wikipedia?

While the best resource to use depends on the topic and the assignment, these resources, like Wikipedia, offer entries on a wide variety of topics:

• Biography Reference Bank
• Britannica Academic Edition
• Gale Virtual Reference Library
• Oxford Reference Online Premium

Here are some ways to find more dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference sources in the Libraries' collections:

• Electronic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
• From the UA Libraries databases page, select "Dictionaries and Encyclopedias" from the Types menu.

• Electronic Reference Sources and Tools 
• From the UA Libraries databases page, select "Reference Sources and Tools" from the Types menu.

• Find reference sources with Scout. Here are three ways:
• Enter a subject or topic in which you are interested and the word dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedia, reference, etc..
• Search for a topic then narrow the results to a particular type of publication by using the Source Types limiter on the left side of the page.
• Include a publication type in your search.